package org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.manager;

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import org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.Parser;

/**
 * Handles parser lookups.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jason@maven.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
 * @version $Id: ParserManager.java 746978 2009-02-23 12:20:33Z vsiveton $
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface ParserManager
{
    /** The Plexus lookup role. */
    String ROLE = ParserManager.class.getName();

    /**
     * Returns the parser that corresponds to the given id.
     *
     * @param id The identifier.
     * @return The corresponding parser.
     * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.manager.ParserNotFoundException if no parser could be found
     * for the given id.
     */
    Parser getParser( String id )
        throws ParserNotFoundException;
}
